EIC Partners AG

What EIC Partners AG does

EIC Partners AG is an independent energy infrastructure advisory firm founded in February 2002 in Zurich, Switzerland by a group of former ABB executives. The firm provides strategic and financial advisory services to institutional investors, including infrastructure funds, insurance companies, and pension funds, on opportunities across renewable energy, flexible thermal power production, energy storage technologies, Power-to-X energy conversion assets, and power transmission infrastructure. EIC's core offering is tailored, time-bounded advisory mandates delivered by an interdisciplinary team combining commercial, financial, and technical expertise with what it describes as an 'owner's perspective' on project development, capex budgeting, and risk mapping.

Following the September 2017 sale of its FINMA-regulated fund management business to Geneva-based de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Cie SA, EIC refocused exclusively on advisory mandates and waived its asset-manager authorization. Since 2005 the firm has engaged with leading energy infrastructure financial investors including Actis (where Managing Partner Dr. Dominique Candrian serves as Senior Advisor), Blackstone, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, and Swiss Life. Notable project work includes developing the PQ Energy reserve power plant platform in Southern Germany (initially for Blackstone, taken over by a Copenhagen Infrastructure fund in 2018) and co-founding Elysium Solar GmbH with LBD Beratungsgesellschaft mbH in 2021 — a Berlin-based agrivoltaics project development platform whose first project broke ground in Schönefeld, Germany in 2025. The firm operates from Zurich with a wholly-owned affiliate, EIC Val Pednal AG, domiciled in Zug, and reports a team of approximately five employees combining over one hundred years of energy-sector experience.

Name

EIC Partners AG

Legal name

EIC Partners AG

Website

https://eic-partners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

EIC Partners AG is a Zurich-based energy infrastructure advisory firm serving institutional investors (infrastructure funds, insurance companies, pension funds) with strategic and financial advisory across renewable energy, thermal power, storage, Power-to-X, and transmission projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Infrastructure Advisory

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Renewable Energy Infrastructure (FSAAAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Incentives, Grants & Program Administration (Auctions, Tenders, IRA/ITC/PTC Advisory) (EUAMAAAJ), Project Finance & Capital Structuring (Debt/Tax Equity/Project Bonds) (EUAMAAAD), ESG/Sustainable Investment Advisory (FSAEAAAJ)

Keywords

• Energy infrastructure advisory
• Institutional investment consulting
• Renewable energy project development
• Energy transition advisory
• Agrivoltaics development

Headquarters

HQ city

Zurich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advisory Mandates: EIC provides advisory mandates with clients on strategic and financial business decisions. The firm charges fees for advisory services, with resources made available for a defined, limited time period to complete specific tasks. Revenue is derived from professional services engagements with institutional investors.
2. Project Development: EIC develops energy infrastructure projects from inception, providing project development services to institutional asset managers. The firm has historically developed and managed energy infrastructure projects including reserve power plants and renewable energy assets.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

EIC Partners AG provides independent advisory mandates to institutional investors on strategic and financial business decisions related to energy infrastructure. It supports clients in pursuing opportunities across renewable energy, flexible thermal power production, new storage technologies, Power-to-X energy conversion assets, and power transmission. The firm also develops energy infrastructure projects with an owner's perspective, deploying interdisciplinary commercial, financial, and technical expertise for defined, limited-time mandates.

Product overview

EIC Partners AG operates as an independent advisory firm providing energy infrastructure investment advisory services to institutional investors. The core offering consists of strategic and financial advisory for energy infrastructure projects. The company also maintains a project development sub-brand through Elysium Solar GmbH (agrivoltaics joint venture with LBD Beratungsgesellschaft), which develops solar projects on agricultural land in Germany. The advisory services focus on renewable energy, flexible thermal power production, storage technologies, Power-to-X energy conversion assets, and power transmission infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ENETIA: Brand under which the former EIC funds trade since 2021, following the sale of fund management business to de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Cie SA.

Products and services

• Energy Infrastructure Advisory Services Independent advisory services for institutional investors (infrastructure funds, insurance companies, pension funds) on strategic and financial business decisions related to energy infrastructure. Covers renewable energy, flexible thermal power production, storage technologies, Power-to-X energy conversion, and power transmission, with the firm's interdisciplinary team delivering tailored mandates on a defined-time basis.
• Elysium Solar GmbH Agrivoltaics Project Development Project development platform combining solar energy generation with agricultural land use (agrivoltaics/agri-PV), developed as a joint venture between EIC Partners AG and LBD Beratungsgesellschaft mbH and based in Berlin, Germany. Serves institutional investors seeking exposure to dual-use solar-agriculture infrastructure in Germany.

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects developed by EIC team are known as milestone projects in the industry

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Elysium Solar GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Elysium Solar GmbH is a joint venture between EIC and LBD Beratungsgesellschaft mbH, established in 2021 and based in Berlin, Germany. It is a leading German project development company focused on agrivoltaics (agri-PV), combining tomorrow's energy with agricultural transition. Dr. Dominique Candrian serves as co-head of Elysium Solar. The ground breaking of the first Elysium project took place in Schönefeld, Germany in 2025.
• LBD Beratungsgesellschaft mbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLBD Beratungsgesellschaft mbH is EIC's joint venture partner in Elysium Solar GmbH. Together they founded the project development platform in 2021, with LBD contributing agricultural and land expertise while EIC contributes energy infrastructure expertise, focusing on agrivoltaics in Germany.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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